The Verve re-issue seminal albums

On 9th September, UMC are set to release expanded editions of The Verve‘s first two albums A Storm In Heaven and A Northern Soul. Both are re-mastered by Chris Potter (co-producer of the band’s Urban Hymns) at Metropolis studios, and the new packages feature previously unreleased and never-heard-before tracks, E.P. and b-sides and BBC sessions.

Both albums are presented as 3CD box sets (A Storm In Heaven also contains a bonus DVD) and both come with booklets featuring new interviews and previously unseen photos. Limited edition vinyl versions will also be released in reproductions of the original packaging.

A Storm In Heaven:

The album is augmented by the inclusion of all the pre-album E.P. tracks, associated b-sides and acoustic versions, as well as two previously unreleased BBC radio sessions and two unreleased studio tracks – ‘South Pacific’ and ‘Shoeshine Girl’. The accompanying DVD presents a 1992 Camden Town Hall concert, the USA promo video for ‘Blue’, unseen footage of the band in New York in October 1992 and a video for the unreleased ‘South Pacific’, made up from footage of the Sawmills recording sessions as captured by producer John Leckie.

A Northern Soul:

The album has been remastered and, once again, augmented by the inclusion of all associated b-sides, two previously unreleased BBC radio sessions and seven unreleased studio tracks, including early versions of ‘The Rolling People’ and ‘Come On’ (later re-recorded for Urban Hymns) as well as ‘Mover’ and ‘Muhammad Ali’, songs that were to be revisited for The Verve’s 2008 reunion album, Forth.

Tracklistings:

TRACKLISTINGS

A STORM IN HEAVEN

CD1: The Remastered Album

Star Sail
Slide Away
Already There
Beautiful Mind
The Sun, The Sea
Virtual World
Make It ‘Til Monday
Blue
Butterfly
See You In The Next One (Have A Good Time)

A New Decade
This Is Music
On Your Own
So It Goes
A Northern Soul
Brainstorm Interlude
Drive You Home
History
No Knock On My Door
Life’s An Ocean
Stormy Clouds
(Reprise)

CD2: B-Sides

This Is Music
1. Let The Damage Begin
2. You And MeOn Your Own
3. I See The Door
4. Little Gem
5. Dance On Your BonesHistory
6. History (radio edit)
7. Back On My Feet Again
8. On Your Own (Acoustic)
9. Monkey Magic (Brainstorm Mix)
10. Grey Skies
11. Life’s Not A Rehearsal